Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
By: Sonia Purnell
4.34
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, a re-exam…
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1. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
2. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
3. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
By: Griffin Dunne
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
4. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
5. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
By: Dean Jobb
4.02
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
“A master of narrative nonfiction … in this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jo… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
6. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
By: Margalit Fox
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
7. The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington’s Most Private First Lady
By: Heath Hardage Lee
4.03
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A new, revolutionary look into the brilliant life of Pat Nixon.In America’s collective consciousnes… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
8. A Voyage Around the Queen
By: Craig Brown
4.08
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
With equal measures of wit and wisdom, the author of 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret draws a deepl… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
9. The Colony Club
By: Shelley Noble
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
When young Gilded Age society matron Daisy Harriman is refused a room at the Waldorf because they d… read more
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10. The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts
By: Louis Bayard
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Pale Blue Eye, Louis Bayard, comes Atonement meets The Paris Wif… read more
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11. The Secret War of Julia Child
By: Diana R. Chambers
3.59
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the … read more
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- world war ii
12. Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
By: Sonia Purnell
4.34
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, a re-exam… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- world history
- politics
- world war ii
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- european history
- womens
13. Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
By: Russ Buettner
4.56
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of then-P… read more
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- politics
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
14. Reagan: His Life and Legend
By: Max Boot
4.32
Format: 880 pages, Hardcover
Son of the Midwest, movie star, and mesmerizing politician—America’s fortieth president comes to th… read more
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- biography
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15. War
By: Bob Woodward
4.43
Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more
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"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."-Bob Woodward, War
"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"-Bob Woodward, War
"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"-Bob Woodward, War
"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"-Bob Woodward, War
16. Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
By: Elyse Graham
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, untold story of the scholars, librarians, and university professors who were recruite… read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- history
"She was also a woman, which for him was a plus."-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
"... because knowledge is, itself, a kind of magic, regardless of whether you get it from the stars or from the sublunary hermeneutics of the human fields of learning."-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
"The historical record often neglects certain kinds of stories. For example, in the Library of Congress, OSS veterans helped catalogue the OSS records; this was a good service to the country, but they…"-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
17. Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America's Politics Forever
By: Chris Wallace
4.34
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new work and fresh take on the lead-up to the presidential election of 1960, drawing tim… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
18. Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson
By: Paul French
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
19. Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait
By: Bill Zehme
3.56
Format: None pages, Audio CD
A much-anticipated biography—twenty years in the making—of the entertainer who redefined late-night… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
20. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
By: Cher
4.47
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
THERE IS ONLY ONE CHER … … and for seven decades she has been showing us why. Cher holds the att… read more
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- memoir
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- womens
21. Citizen: My Life After the White House
By: Bill Clinton
4.11
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, candid, and richly detailed memoir from an American icon, revealing what life looks lik… read more
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